Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Hi guys! Sorry for not posting in so long!Simply one word to excuse: Busy.

I haven't had much time to get crafty for quite a while,but I wanted to show my new Japanese fabric stash little quick before I fly over to Yakima in Washington.

I bought some Japanese fabric online and my friend broughtit with her when she came over here in San Jose from Japan.

This is what I got from Japanese Yahoo auction.A set of white and orange with the same pattern.When I saw this entry, I knew there would be no way whatsoever to let it go. Then I happened to win it ;)This is by a fabric designer Kumiko Fujita who's written AWESOME patchwork books including this.

I love this design too. Can you believe this was on sale?Plastic bag dispenser? Oven mitt? Place mat?Anything would be cute.....

This is a very nice one by Yuwa. I wanted to show you all the fabric, but not allpictures turned out great, so let me stop at this moment.

Some Good News... ;)

1) I'm having fun with my friend from Japan!

I took her to Anthropologie in San Jose yesterday.It's one of my favorite shops in America (although it does not mean I can afford lots of things sadly, haha.)

My friend loving the cute collection of oven mitts and aprons.Every time I come here, I get inspired so much that I alwaysfeel like going home asap to have a go at sewing! For whoever designs for this shop, I give a huge creditand many thanks for the inspiration.

2) Some of my tutorials will be introduced in2010 calenders published by Accord Publishing!

I'm sure you've seen this type of calenders if you livein the states. There will be "sewing" version coming up andthree tutorials of mine which I've introduced in this blog will beon the 2010 calender! Super Excited. Super!!!

I was ready to move onto a new camera a year and a half agowhen I dropped my old one on concrete and its display lightstopped working. So glad now that I got a new one which isa million times better in quality of pictures. (Can you tellfrom these pictures on this entry? ;) )

4) My fall semester will be over in just 3 weeks!!

Can't wait to put away all the textbooks and enjoy sewing without "guilt". Yes! I have to finish up the penguin quilt!!

Wow, the fabrics are gorgeous!! Just wanted to thank you for your 'basket' tutorial ... I made my first one recently and it turned out a treat, I'll be making more for sure :o)!!! Thanks again,Hugs,Joy :o)

Hi there!I've been an avid reader of your blog for a little while now {since early summer...wow, time flies ;o)}. I love your blog & the great tutorials you write...Now I finally managed to sew some of your sweet fabric baskets for friends {of course I only photographed one of it...}. Thank you again for sharing this with us!Cheers, Julia

Thanks for stopping by my blog! My name is Ayumi. I love sharing my crafty journal and other little anecdotes in my life here. I am a mother to a baby girl and a wife to my husband from Seattle. We live in a small apartment in Tokyo. I hope you enjoy being here :) Welcome♪